they reported that governments are closing more churches, finding and arresting their religious leaders, and destroying church literature. >> it has been a long road since the revolution that swept away atheist communism in eastern europe. today the wave of religious freedom that swept the region now seems to be receding. >> 20 years ago, when the soviet union fell apart and collapsed, when the berlin wall fell, everybody was sort of excited about all of the future possibilities. 20 years later, we're again talking about freedom. what happened? >> reporter: it might not be a return to the soviet era, but the signs are troubling. >> churches are being torched, crosses are being burned. there is a lot of anti-semitism, a lot of negative things appearing in the press about different organizations. so there is some reason for concern. >> reporter: the atmosphere is thick with intolerance and these countries, and individual pastors are relu reluctant to speak out. >> they are not so interested in speaking to the government and speaking to the ministers and so on because, really, it is a ques